Mixtec

[ mees-tek ]

/ ˈmis tɛk /

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noun, plural Mix·tecs, (especially collectively) Mix·tec for 1.

a member of an Indigenous people of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Puebla, Mexico.

the Oto-Manguean language of the Mixtecs, consisting of a number of highly divergent dialects.

adjective

of or relating to the Mixtec or their language

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Also Mixteco.

Origin of Mixtec

First recorded in 1840–50; from Mexican Spanish mixteco, from Nahuatl mixtēcah, plural of mixtēcatl “person from Mixtlān ” (mix (tli ) “cloud” + -tlān locative suffix, -tēcatl suffix of personal nouns)

OTHER WORDS FROM Mixtec

Mix·tec·an

[mees-tek-uhn], /misˈtɛk ən/, adjective, noun

Words nearby Mixtec

mixoploid, mixotroph, mixt, mixtape, mixte, Mixtec, Mixteco, mixter-maxter, mixture, mix-up, Miyazaki

How to use Mixtec in a sentence

The priest, an excellent man, is a pure-blooded Mixtec indian, talking the language as his mother tongue.
In Indian Mexico (1908)|Frederick Starr

British Dictionary definitions for Mixtec

Mixtec

/ (ˈmiːstɛk) /

noun

plural -tecs or -tec a member of an American Indian people of Mexico

the language of this people

Derived forms of Mixtec

Mixtecan, adjective, noun

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